Newly released paper from the RAND Corporation commissioned by the US Army detailing some new lessons learned from the Israeli - Lebanon conflict. (via Defense Industry Daily)
"[The Author] is no scholar of Islam, and a few things that should not be studied as a hobby include:
1. Brain surgery
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2. Multilinear algebra
3. The strands and evolution of Islamist thought
~ Abu Muqawama - a CNAS affiliated blog on counter-insurgency, middle eastern politics, and security, speaking to a Brett Stephen’s Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal